Optical properties of pyrolytic Silicon Nitride SiNx enriched with silicon
Perevalov T. V. 1, Spesivtsev E. V.1, Rykhlitsky S. V. 1, Bobovnikov P. G.2, Krasnikov G. Ya.2, Gritsenko V. A. 1,3
1Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
2Molecular Electronics Research Institute, Zelenograd, Russia
3Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk, Russia
Email: timson@isp.nsc.ru, evs@isp.nsc.ru, pbobovnikov@niime.ru, grits@isp.nsc.ru

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Non-stoichiometric silicon nitride SiNx, enriched with silicon, is a promising material for the non-volatile resistive memory development. The current studies devoted to investigation of the optical properties of SiNx synthesized in a low-pressure reactor at 800oC at different ratios of dichlorosilane (SiH2Cl2) to ammonia (NH3). It was found that for films synthesized at SiH2Cl2/NH3=1/1, 1/2 and 1/3, the corresponding bandgap values are 3.83, 4.17 and 4.40 eV. At the same time, the corresponding values of the parameter x, found according to the theoretical dependence of the bandgap value on x for SiNx calculated from the first principles, are 1.26, 1.30 and 1.32. Thus, by increasing the SiH2Cl2/NH3 ratio, it is possible to create non-stoichiometric SiNx films with a controlled silicon enrichment degree with high uniformity of chemical composition and thickness. Keywords: silicon nitride, memristor, absorption coefficient, ellipsometry, quantum chemical modeling.
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